A wholesaler is to transport 840 crates of soda from the factory to his shop. He has a lorry which can carry 150 crates at a time and a pick-up which can carry 60 crates at a time. The cost of each journey for the lorry is Shs 25,000 and for the pick-up, it is Shs 20,000. Due to time constraint, the pick-up is to make more journeys than the lorry because it travels faster. He has Shs 250,000 available for transportation. having had the knowledge of linear programming ,advise how he can organize his vehicles to keep the cost as low as possible and state how much he saves by making these journeys.
A wholesaler is to transport 840 crates of soda from the factory to his shop. He has a lorry which can carry 150 crates at a time and a pick-up which can carry 60 crates at a time. The cost of each journey for the lorry is Shs 25,000 and for the pick-up, it is Shs 20,000. Due to time constraint, the pick-up is to make more journeys than the lorry because it travels faster. He has Shs 250,000 available for transportation. having had the knowledge of linear programming ,advise how he can organize his vehicles to keep the cost as low as possible and state how much he saves by making these journeys.
Practical Management Science
6th Edition
ISBN:9781337406659
Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher:WINSTON, Wayne L.
Chapter2: Introduction To Spreadsheet Modeling
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 20P: Julie James is opening a lemonade stand. She believes the fixed cost per week of running the stand...
Related questions
Question
A wholesaler is to transport 840 crates of soda from the factory to his shop. He has a lorry which can carry 150 crates at a time and a pick-up which can carry 60 crates at a time. The cost of each journey for the lorry is Shs 25,000 and for the pick-up, it is Shs 20,000. Due to time constraint, the pick-up is to make more journeys than the lorry because it travels faster. He has Shs 250,000 available for transportation.
having had the knowledge of linear programming ,advise how he can organize his vehicles to keep the cost as low as possible and state how much he saves by making these journeys.
Expert Solution
This question has been solved!
Explore an expertly crafted, step-by-step solution for a thorough understanding of key concepts.
This is a popular solution!
Trending now
This is a popular solution!
Step by step
Solved in 2 steps with 3 images
Recommended textbooks for you
Practical Management Science
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781337406659
Author:
WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher:
Cengage,
Operations Management
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781259667473
Author:
William J Stevenson
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hi…
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781259666100
Author:
F. Robert Jacobs, Richard B Chase
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Practical Management Science
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781337406659
Author:
WINSTON, Wayne L.
Publisher:
Cengage,
Operations Management
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781259667473
Author:
William J Stevenson
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Operations and Supply Chain Management (Mcgraw-hi…
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781259666100
Author:
F. Robert Jacobs, Richard B Chase
Publisher:
McGraw-Hill Education
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781285869681
Author:
Robert M. Monczka, Robert B. Handfield, Larry C. Giunipero, James L. Patterson
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Editi…
Operations Management
ISBN:
9781478623069
Author:
Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon Olsen
Publisher:
Waveland Press, Inc.